Fire / ignition
Washing Machines, Other or Not Specified (140)
62 months
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150910-8244E-2147428559. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Electrolux Washer EWFLW65HIW0 and Electolux Dryer EWMED65HIW EWFLW65HIW0 and EWMED65HIW0 (Electrolux Washer EWFLW65HIW0 continues to mold and our clothes smell rotten. We are always wiping down the unit with bleach wipes and running bleach through a wash cycle and it doesn't appear to help. Electolux Dryer EWMED65HIW0 continues to over heat. We have had the heating element replaced and it is needing to be replaced again per the certified Electrolux repair man. He said he was shocked it had not caught on fire. He has been out 3 times since January 2015 and the dryer is down again. It smelt like the start of a fire a few days ago and now it will not dry. The last trip less than 2 weeks ago, the repair man he said lint was building up on the dryer fan. I asked him how I could of cleaned it out and he said I could not of, but that could cause a fire.). Incident: Electrolux Washer EWFLW65HIW0 continues to mold and our clothes smell rotten. We are always wiping down the unit with bleach wipes and running bleach through a wash cycle and it doesn't appear to help. Electolux Dryer EWMED65HIW0 continues to over heat. We have had the heating element replaced and it is needing to be replaced again per the certified Electrolux repair man. He said he was shocked it had not caught on fire. He has been out 3 times since January 2015 and the dryer is down again. It smelt like the start of a fire a few days ago and now it will not dry. The last trip less than 2 weeks ago, the repair man he said lint was building up on the dryer fan. I asked him how I could of cleaned it out and he said I could not of, but that could cause a fire.
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Fire / ignition
Washing Machines, Other or Not Specified (140)
62 months
Months until failure
62 months
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